Death Valley 130-Degree Reading Possibly the Planet's Hottest Recorded Temperature in at Least 89 Years
At a Glance Sunday, a high of 130 degrees was recorded in Death Valley, California.If confirmed, it would be the world's hottest recorded temperature since at least 1931.Death Valley holds the world record for the hottest surface air temperature. Death Valley, California, may have recorded one of the planet's hottest air temperatures Sunday. Sunday's high topped out at 130 degrees near the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley National Park, about 100 miles west-northwest of Las Vegas. If that...